Following a recent reminder by LifeHacker I have been playing around with Google Trends. Very interesting.

So, I plumbed in a query of Microsoft Cardspace searches compared with OpenID.

Question: What was announced or happened mid-August to cause the last peak for both areas?

 


cardspace

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Windows CardSpace, OpenID collaboration project in the works
Ars Technica - Feb 7 2007   


Microsoft Courts OpenID
Dr. Dobb's Journal - Feb 7 2007   


Secure Your ASP.NET Apps And WCF Services With Windows CardSpace
MSDN Magazine - Apr 15 2007   


Sun Microsystems Announces OpenID Program
Earthtimes.org - May 7 2007   


Wetpaint Adds OpenID and Google Analytics Support With Release of New Home Page
Market Wire (press release) - Jun 6 2007   


OpenID: Can it become single sign-on for the Web
iT News - Sep 3 2007